wrote: I concur. Household ovens are notorious for poor temperature regulation; if you put a reasonably responsive thermometer in the oven (like a mercury filled glass candy thermometer, the bi-metall

I think Doc mentioned Scalecoat I paint somewhere along the line. Scalecoat is an enamel, not a lacquer, as the resin film gains its strength from molecular cross linking. A Scalecoat finish can stay

<schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote: thinner is lacquer thinner, doesn't impression, but willing to learn. But "lacquer thinner" is just a generic name for a blend of toluene, xylene, and other rather fast

didn't Jack, If you reread the message carefully, you'll see that the two sidings in question were railroad owned, but were built to server private loading docks. I would assume the situation was the

didn't Jack, If you reread the message carefully, you'll see that the two sidings in question were railroad owned, but were built to server private loading docks. I would assume the situation was the

rail served just carload receive rail serving But that doesn't address Tom's question, which appears to boil down to, "Is any railroad owned siding a team track?" I would have to say… it depends. Obvi

Jerry, The point you are missing is that before you can load a home road car, you have to HAVE a home road car, and that means it has to be paid for. On the other hand, you can haul the traffic (which

that I tend to agree. The ends changed to the new pattern "Improved Dreadnaught end" in 1944, but the roof remained the rectangular panel design that had been in use since the thirties. About 1948, th

including the at the It was the AAR's descriptive terminology. The original "Z bar eave" was indeed a length of standard rolled structural mill shape. The ARA early on realized what an elegant solutio

--- In STMFC@..., Tony Thompson <thompsonmarytony@...> Tony, I've never made a major study of the origin of this end design, But I believe it predates the SREC ownership. Like so many othe

example, Ends.... I'm getting a chuckle out of all the different AAR standards, because they don't exist. I have before me a copy of a drawing titled: 4-C-40 TON STEEL SHEATHED BOXCAR 4-D-50 TON STEEL

Tony, I did a bit of research with the Cyc's at my disposal, checking the terminology used in the captions of the drawings presented for the AAR Standard Boxcar: 1940 "A.A.R 1937 design standard 40 to

had Wow! Something Tony and I can agree on :-) Merriam Webster Online defines PLANK as follows: "A heavy thick board; especially : one 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) thick and at least 8 inches (

But... cars with a wood upper surface on the roof most often did not have lateral running boards to the ladder locations; the trainmen were expected to walk on the roof boards. Photos of the Soo Line

by the FRA, which means it post dates the formation of that agency in 1969 or 70. It was originally the "fifty year rule" with the number ratcheting down on year each year until it reached forty years

Still doesn't always work. Reading the list on the web site using Mozilla as the browser, your example was cut into two lines after the "php?" and the second line was not included in the link, all the

wrote: The color the Soo Line was using when the wood sheathed cars were still active was a rather light oxide; Scalecoat Oxide is good, and Floquil Polyscale "Special Oxide Red" is almost a perfect m

Mike used the term "balancing speed" several times, and in some instances, it is not the exact correct term he was looking for. However, to answer your specific question, the balancing speed of a dies

the SOO boxcar is correct? It sure looks fantastic! I've never seen any evidence that Soo Line cars of this period were anything but oxide red, same as all the other boxcars in the yard. I guess becau

<coronadoscalemod@...> wrote: Stan, This raises an interesting question, and now that all the fanatics have stopped slinging mud, I'll pose it: Since the 6000 gallon type V frameless cars were conside